**PRE-ORDER** THE DIVINE COMEDY - Rainy Sunday Afternoon - Vinyl LP

‘Rainy  Sunday  Afternoon’,  the  new  album  from  The Divine Comedy will be released September 19th 2025 on Divine Comedy Records.·

Recorded at Abbey Road last autumn, ‘Rainy Sunday Afternoon’ is The Divine Comedy's thirteenth album and their first studio album since 2019's UK top 5 ‘Office Politics’. The band's last release was 2022's Best Of compilation ‘Charmed Life’ which also reached 5 in the UK album charts. The band’s Neil Hannon most recently wrote the original songs for the Warner Bros blockbuster ‘Wonka.

Neil Hannon says: “My musical output is, for better or worse, a representation of my personality,” Neil Hannon admits. “A good chunk of that personality revels in the rumbumptious; celebrates the silly. And I made ample use of that for the Wonka songs.” “I have, though, like everyone, a darker, more melancholy side. And for one reason or another it has been much in evidence of late,” Neil explains. “I needed to use this album as an outlet for those feelings. To work through some stuff. Mortality; memories; relationships; political and social upheaval. Everyone should get to make an orchestral pop album once in awhile. It should be available on the NHS.”

And what a prescription that would be! One listen to ‘Rainy Sunday Afternoon’ will certainly provide a tonic for these turbulent times. Two listens and you’ll be addicted